| CODE | LLT1002 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Techniques and Skills for the Analysis of Language Data | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides students with techniques and skills for working with linguistic data from a variety of languages. Practice in close-reading of specified texts will serve as an entry point into a review of key concepts necessary for uncovering and explaining patterns in linguistic data at different levels of structure. Students will be trained to look for these patterns, make observations and formulate generalisations by developing the appropriate metalanguage for this. Different ways of working with linguistic data will be explored and practised in the course of the study-unit, allowing students to improve step-by-step their observational and analytical skills. Whilst most of the data which will serve as the basis for analysis will be curated, tools for processing data in preparation for analysis, some of which will have been introduced in other study-units, will also be referenced. Study-Unit Aims: - Provide students with experience in the analysis and interpretation of linguistic datasets; - Help students identify theoretically-relevant patterns in linguistic data and formulate generalisations on the basis of their observations; - Give students the conceptual and technical grounding, as well as the metalanguage needed, to account for different types of phenomena found in different languages. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Define the importance of pattern recognition for linguistic data analysis; - Recognise that linguistic data is characterised by patterns at different levels of structure; - Observe and identify patterns based on a firm understanding of relevant concepts; - Formulate generalisations based on these observations; - Recognise the link between data and theory on the basis of practical application. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse linguistic data by applying relevant concepts and techniques to the analysis; - Uncover patterns in such data using appropriate tools; - Use different techniques and skills as a function of the data and the aims of the analysis; - Formulate simple generalisations based on observation and analysis; - Develop formal accounts with reference to relevant concepts. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Carnie, A. (2013). The syntax workbook: A companion to Carnie’s Syntax. Wiley-Blackwell. - Coates, R. (1999). Word structure. [Language Workbooks series]. Routledge. - Cowan, W., & Rakusan, J. (1999). Source book for linguists. 3rd ed. John Benjamins Publishing Company. - Farmer. A. K. & Demers, R.A. (2001) A Linguistics Workbook. MIT Press. - Roca, I., & Johnson, Wyn. (1999). A workbook in phonology. Blackwell Publishers. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: LLT1011 and LLT1012 or Equivalent Pre-requisite Qualification: LLT1011 and LLT1012 or Equivalent |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Ray Fabri (Co-ord.) Sarah Grech Alexandra Vella |
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